From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751973AbdI2M4k (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Sep 2017 08:56:40 -0400 Received: from outbound.smtp.vt.edu ([198.82.183.121]:36302 "EHLO omr2.cc.vt.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751058AbdI2M4i (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Sep 2017 08:56:38 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 912 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Fri, 29 Sep 2017 08:56:38 EDT X-Google-Smtp-Source: AOwi7QC133FRErbpsoCQShu5DPC+8EIOUKLwnKl9Q30WakEizcLVxN2KBunEVHTSwgkS7D9C1smXLw== From: valdis.kletnieks@vt.edu X-Google-Original-From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu X-Mailer: exmh version 2.8.0 04/21/2017 with nmh-1.7+dev To: Pintu Kumar Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org Subject: Re: How to verify linux-next In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1506688878_12713P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 08:41:18 -0400 Message-ID: <159555.1506688878@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --==_Exmh_1506688878_12713P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Fri, 29 Sep 2017 16:08:07 +0530, Pintu Kumar said: > I have a general question. > How do we normally verify linux-next tree? The same exact way you "verify" any other Linux kernel, for whatever definition of "verify" you plan to use. > 1) For Oracle virtual box 5.1.26 with ubuntu-32 bit, the linux-next > kernel is not booting. Does an Ubuntu kernel boot correctly under VirtualBox? If not, fix that issue first. Also, "is not booting" isn't detailed enough for anybody to make even a guess as to what's wrong. Also, note that 5.1.28 is out. --==_Exmh_1506688878_12713P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Exmh version 2.8.0 04/21/2017 iQEVAwUBWc4/bo0DS38y7CIcAQJSTwgAkS/WDKhSVloZTG2cZ8aYGiixmYe1ufOp RSF58hh9UB3ks0avlYKhCqw/YpdMZBttATykkYXXTLIm9VefV/9xKzbZi+PD3Q3O FyMaePEikYPTV5TByGC7dQ5UCky94N+Dm7eE1D4rk4qCI3z4QkRNc00VYkYnEMc2 fF/+QBjSPkgrB0uAodicP6x2k9KD3JftvrMbc4+O/zwgggJ/HfnY5+Dhcp0SCmEC B+uvgUXwtP6ZqIdp0mrxRVmxYn/B264BH8sKFwXWAgy7xqsogAW/WSSwZPexMOf7 DJGnOn1ydk83vQQdSmMNBt9cRDH5ALLAJ7ftWoY9RcrcXNBZhWBIoA== =bQQy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1506688878_12713P-- From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: valdis.kletnieks@vt.edu (valdis.kletnieks at vt.edu) Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 08:41:18 -0400 Subject: How to verify linux-next In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <159555.1506688878@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org List-Id: kernelnewbies.lists.kernelnewbies.org On Fri, 29 Sep 2017 16:08:07 +0530, Pintu Kumar said: > I have a general question. > How do we normally verify linux-next tree? The same exact way you "verify" any other Linux kernel, for whatever definition of "verify" you plan to use. > 1) For Oracle virtual box 5.1.26 with ubuntu-32 bit, the linux-next > kernel is not booting. Does an Ubuntu kernel boot correctly under VirtualBox? If not, fix that issue first. Also, "is not booting" isn't detailed enough for anybody to make even a guess as to what's wrong. Also, note that 5.1.28 is out. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 486 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/pipermail/kernelnewbies/attachments/20170929/73b70e79/attachment.bin